Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-16
UNION CITY ITEMS.

Misunderstanding Up the SpneIaer-
IL Makes "a Successful Bun-Neu
P~ostOfice. Etc, Etc.
UNION CRY. New. Sept. IA. 1887.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Union continues Ia
grow quite rapidly. Mr.. Sweeney oil
huby Hill is e%rectiong quite a large two
story building, which will be used for q
lodging house. II will be finished in q
few days. D. E. Hooten, Of South Fork,
has just finished his saloon, which he
hauled from Eureka, by Geo. Dunken's
sixteen horse team.
Mrs. D. W. Bowen has been appointed
Postmistress at this place. and Mrs. Robt
Crossan Is her assistant. The name Of
the Postofice will be Sherwood.
Geo. Talbot and J. Henderson, OF Elko,
gave us q pleasant call a short time ago.
Mr.. Talbot came up on business for the
star Co., and Mr.. Henderson came to
take q look at the smelter.
Lieutenant Governor Davis spent sew
eral days in our city last week, looking at
the mines and smelter. Mr.. Davis says
the outlook for the camp isDvery bright.
Scott HARRISON, who has spent the
greater part of the Summer at the Hot
Springs, is staying in Union at presene
visiting his niece. Mrs. L. M. Potter.
Henry Williams, Of Cherry Greek, was
in town last week. visiting old friends and
looking at the mines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Whalen spent
Sunday here.
The stage arrives here every other
night from Eureka, and is always heavily
loaded with passengers and freight
Mrs. David Lindsey came up last week
from the Hot Springs, to see the smelter
start, and spent several days here visit.
ing.
The whistle blew Of the smelter for the
first time on the 22d Of August. The fur
mace was warmed several days before
the first charge was put In. The first
charge was put in the furnace at 1890 A.
M, Sept. 7th. The blower started at 8 A..
NJ. The first Stag was drawn at 6 A. M,
and the first bullion at 8:45 P. NJ. There
are three shifts working at the smelter.
Every q present at the starting
the smelter pronounced 10 the
most successful starting they had ever
witnessed. II has ran as smooth as clock
work since the moment IL started. Every
one who has seen the smelter pronounced
II the finest In the State. Richard Brown
snd Mr. Stevens deserve great praise for
this fine piece of work. Richard Brown
has been appointed chief engineer, and
there is no doubt OF his filling the posi-
ton we'll. One hundred and five bars Of
bullion are drawn from the furnace per
day. The first bar Of bullion was taken to
the Star Office and will be kept as a relic by
the company. The first load Of bullion
was shipped to the railroad to day by the
Star NJ. Il s. Company. and was hauled on
Peter J. Ogilvie's freight team. There
were seventy bars. weighing $500 pounds.
Those present a. the starting Of the smelter
were L. M. Potter, President OF the
Star Company; David Lindsey, Vice Pres
ident; Joseph Lindsey, Superintendent;
F. j. Bowen, q member Of the Company;
d. W. Bowen. foreman Of the mines;
G. W. Lindsey, night foreman of the
mines; William Bowler, night Waterman
at the smelter; W.. J. Stevens, Superinten.
dent of the smelter; Richard Brown, chief
engineer; r. A. Psrke. asssyer; M. Staun.
ton, engineer; Hugh Gibson. foreman OF
the smelter; N. A. Brown, assistant
asssyer; James Donnel, bookkeeper; D.. d.
Dobbs, assistant blacksmith OF the Star
mine, and M. McMsrtin, 8. Frazier and j.
Fstt, smelters. o. l. U.